The Scheveningen system is a method of organizing a chess match between two teams. Each player on one team plays each player on the other team (Just & Burg 2003:308). The team with the highest number of games won is the winner. This system is a popular way to create title norm opportunities (Karpov & Roshal 1980:22).

The system was first used in a tournament in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1923. The idea behind it was that a team of ten Dutch players could face ten foreign masters.

This has the intention of giving the players on the team experience against strong competition (Hooper & Whyld 1992).

Standard Tables

Match on 2 Boards
Round 1 A1-B1 A2-B2
Round 2 B2-A1 B1-A2

Match on 3 Boards
Round 1 A1-B1 A2-B2 B3-A3
Round 2 B2-A1 A2-B3 B1-A3
Round 3 A1-B3 B1-A2 A3-B2

Match on 4 Boards
Round 1 A1-B1 A2-B2 B3-A3 B4-A4
Round 2 B2-A1 B1-A2 A3-B4 A4-B3
Round 3 A1-B3 A2-B4 B1-A3 B2-A4
Round 4 B4-A1 B3-A2 A3-B2 A4-B1

Match on 5 Boards
Round 1 A1-B1 A2-B2 A3-B3 B4-A4 B5-A5
Round 2 B2-A1 B3-A2 B4-A3 A4-B5 A5-B1
Round 3 A1-B3 A2-B4 B5-A3 B1-A4 A5-B2
Round 4 B4-A1 B5-A2 A3-B1 A4-B2 B3-A5
Round 5 A1-B5 B1-A2 B2-A3 A4-B3 A5-B4

Match on 6 Boards
Round 1 A1-B1 B2-A2 B3-A3 A4-B4 B5-A5 A6-B6
Round 2 B2-A1 A2-B3 A3-B5 B6-A4 A5-B4 B1-A6
Round 3 A1-B3 B5-A2 B1-A3 A4-B2 A5-B6 B4-A6
Round 4 B4-A1 B6-A2 A3-B2 A4-B1 B3-A5 A6-B5
Round 5 A1-B5 A2-B4 A3-B6 B3-A4 B1-A5 B2-A6
Round 6 B6-A1 A2-B1 B4-A3 B5-A4 A5-B2 A6-B3